Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Catching up on a few items.

Yepsen Interviews

David Yepsen interviewed for a new job yesterday. You can read the story here. By looking at his competition for the director's position at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and SIU I think he is a lock and they would be lucky to have him. I had to laugh though at some of the things he wants the center to focus on; it’s the same stuff he has written about for years at the Register. You could get locked up for 3 years is you shoot yourself.

Don’t get me wrong here, NY Giants wide receiver, Plaxico Burress is a moron for shooting himself in the leg with a handgun recently. However the hairs on the back of my head stood up as I watch New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg say that Burress should serve 3 years behind bars if convicted of possessing a loaded handgun. I’m sorry I thought as an American I had the right to bear arms. Now I don’t know any of the details about what Burress did, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have a permit to carry a gun, but Bloomberg’s words were shocking if you ask me.

Are you smarter than a Becky Greenwald? Kurt Meyer’s is not.

Before the November election it became pretty clear that Becky Greenwald had no business running for Congress. That led me to wonder how in the world did she win her primary? Well I found the answer to that question today. The following is a letter that 4th District congressional candidate Kurt Meyer sent the FEC:

First, if I’m his daughters I’m pissed because all they got was a dog. Secondly, it shows Obama as an elitist.

Now I could care less what the dude does with his own money, but I doubt this sits well with people who have watched their 401k’s decrease in value by 40% in the last few months, or those who struggle to make they loan payments.